January 2006 Militancy
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In January 2006 suspected ULFA activists triggered explosives in economic installations and ambushed security personnel that left a number of people dead and others injured. The ULFA has not officially accepted responsibility for these activities but it is generally believed that they are involved.
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Background
Due to the efforts of Mamoni Raisom Goswami, the PCG was formed and some headway was made when the PCG met the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Security Advisor M K Narayana for initial talks in Delhi on October 26, 2005. Though the next round of talks were expected to take place within a month, that did not happen. On January 17, 2006 ONGC announced it had received an extortion note for Rs 500 crores from ULFA made on January 1, 2006 ([1]).
Violent incidents
January 20, 2006
- Explosion at main entrance to Guwahati Refinery. 10 hurt (AT).
January 21, 2006
- Twin blasts damage a crude oil and a gas pipeline deep inside Rangoli Reserve Forests, Sibsagar.(Outlook-PTI).
January 22, 2006
- The AGCL pipeline carrying gas from OIL's gas collecting station to Neepco's 291MW power plant was blasted at 11:45pm in the second attempt. Power production came to a halt (TC).
January 23, 2006
- Explosion in front of a rice mill in Bengenakhowa, Golaghat at 6:45pm. No one was killed or injured.
January 24, 2006
- Explosion near Ganeshguri flyover, one killed and three injured. It is suspected the person killed is the one carrying the explosive (AT). According to another report, the grenade exploded in the hands of the perpetrator as he was about to lob it at a security patrol (Hindu).
Appeals and opinions
- On January 25, 2006, the Governor of Assam Lt.Gen (retired) Ajai Singh ask ULFA to be crushed militarily.
- On January 24, 2006, PCG appeals for an end to the armed conflict.
Assailants caught
The police claims to have arrested some ULFA members responsible for the blasts in Guwahati ([2], [3]).
